Stock-watering apparatus.



Patented Apr. 3, I900 H. F. BARBER.

STOCK W ATEBING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Dec. 18, 1899.)

|L l: I MN am s/whom UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE- HOLLAND F. BARBER, OFKANSAS, ILLINOIS.

STOCK-WATERING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,407, dated April 3,1900.

' Application filed December 13,1899. Serial No. 740.198. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOLLAND F. BARBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Waterin gApparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock-wateringtanks; and the aim of the present invention is toproduce a device ofthis character which contains a suitable float adapted to actuate anadjustable end valve, whereby a definite quantity of water is allowed tobe automatically fed into a suitable trough, means being providedwhereby access may be readily had to the apparatus for the adjustment ofthe valve to regulate the throw of the float.

More specifically the invention resides in the provision of afloat-chamber having a valve-regulated aperture at one end which iscovered by a shell having a perforated screencovered extension, throughwhich water is allowed to pass within the shell and thence through anaperture in the float-chamber, which latter carries a float on a pivotedarm connected to the valve-stem, a trough being provided which hascommunication with the float-chamber to receive the supply of water.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists, further, in the novel construction, combination, andadaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of thisapplication, and in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectionthrough my improved float-chamber and wateringtrough, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail view of the valve-regulating means.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the floatchamber, which may be of any suitable shape or size,and leading from said float-chamber is a pipe B, passing through the endof the chamber and leading to a trough O on the outside. At the oppositeend of the floatchamberfrom that through which the said pipe passes is adetachable end A to said chamber, said end being held to right-angledflanges a of said chamber by means'of the fastening-bolts D. Secured tosaid detachable end is a hollow shell E, which has an extension E, whichis apertured, and over the end of said extension is mounted a suitablescreen F, whereby obstructions and foreign matter are prevented fromentering the shell. Said shell E is held to the end A of the chamber bymeans of screws F. The removable end of the chamber is apertured at G,through which the water which has passed within the shell is allowed toenter the chamber. Mounted on the outer wall and about said aperture isa suitable packing H, and longitudinally movable in the aperture is avalve-stem K, which stem is threaded at K and carries a valve M.Integral with or secured to said removable end is a bracket N, to whichis piv-- oted a valve float-arm R, which is bent at an angle at'aposition slightly above its beveled point, and the lower end ofthevertical portion of said arm is pivoted to the stem K at R, and thefloat S is mounted on the opposite end of said arm and normally rests ina position adjacent to the bottom of the floatchamber.

By means of the threaded stem K the valve M may be adjustably held atdifferent locations on its threaded portions, thereby limiting theupward throw of the float. If it is desired to allow the float to riseto a high position in the float-chamber, the valve is unscrewed andpositioned adjacent to the end of the threaded portion of the stem, andin case it is desired to have a more limited or shorter throw of thefloat the valve may be positioned adjacent to the inner end of thethreaded portion, so that as the float is caused to be lifted by theinflowing water a short distance from the bottom of the chamber thevalve will be seated against the packing H on the outer face of thedetachable end of said chamber. I

In practice the float-chamber, with its attachments, is adapted to beplaced within a water-tank and the water-trough placed outside of thetank and communicating with the float-chamber. As the valve is normallyopened water will pass through the aperture in the detachable wall A ofthe float-chamber and thence will pass through the pipe B and into thetrough outside. \Vhen the Water in the outside trough rises, the waterin the chamber and trough will seek a common level and the float willgradually rise with the water in the chamber until the trough i sfilled, after which the valve will be seated over the aperture G in thedetachable wall of the chamber. By adjusting the valve the quantity ofwater which it is desired to feed to the trough may be regulated. Incase it is desired to adjust the valve the shell may be easily removedfrom the end of the chamber by withdrawing the screws holding the sameto the detachable end A, and the valve may be moved nearer to or fartherfrom the chamber, as may be desired, to feed a lesser or greaterquantity of water.

Having thus described my invention,what

I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' Astock-watering apparatus, comprising a float-chamber, a detachable endto said chamber secured to flanges of the chamber, a threaded valve-stempassing through an aperture in said detachable end, a threaded valveadjustably held on the threads of the valve-stem, a packing againstwhich said valve is adapted to be seated, a float and an arm securedthereto, said arm being angled and pivoted near its angle, a bracketsecured to the removable end to which bracket said arm is pivoted, thelower end of the vertical portion of the arm being pivoted to the innerend of the valve-stem, and a watering-trough and pipe communicatingbetween the same and said float-chamber, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOLLAND F. BARBER.

WVitnesses:

J. O. EPPERSEN, J. E. HITE.

